The deceased also included Steven Craenmehr, 35, of the Netherlands, who served as creative director for the agency Massive Music. A local Austin resident was also killed: 27-year-old Jamie Ranae West, who was riding on the back of a moped driven by her husband. Sandy Le was the third confirmed fatality.

The driver, Rashad Owens, of Killeen, Tx., was formally charged with one count of capital murder. He plowed through a crowded street at the epicenter of the festival, outside of the Mohawk on 9th and Red River. His bail at the Travis County Jail was set at $3 million. Owens was in Austin to perform at SXSW under his rap moniker, KillingAllBeatz or K.A.B254, according to the Statesman. His brother, Lamar Wilson, told the Statesman that Owens had been drinking and was unfamiliar with the streets of Austin.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said police had attempted to pull Owens over before he sped off the wrong way down 9th St., a one-way street. He then broke through the police barricade blocking Red River Street off from cars during the busy, pedestrian-filled festival. Acevedo said Owens hit the moped, a taxi, a van, and other vehicles, as well as pedestrians, before jumping out of his car and running away. A police officer Tasered him after he resisted arrest.